Director, Senior Category Manager

Location: Letterkenny (Hybrid)

Come join us in our state of the art office in Letterkenny as we are expanding. We are hiring a Director, Senior Category Manager to join our Global Sourcing and Procurement (GSP) Organisation.

What you can expect

Prudential's Global Sourcing and Procurement (GSP) organization drives enterprise-wide value by cultivating strategic supplier partnerships and elevating commercial decision-making across the business. GSP provides global stakeholders with streamlined access to best-in-class products and services, informed by robust business intelligence, deep supply market knowledge, and a clear grasp of micro and macroeconomic dynamics. Through efficient, disciplined processes and proactive commercial coaching, GSP empowers stakeholders to make informed, value driven decisions that strengthen Prudential's competitive advantage.

As Director, Senior Category Manager you will play a pivotal role in advancing this mission by leading category initiative teams, shaping value pipelines, coaching business partners, and converting market intelligence into actionable sourcing and negotiation strategies. Operating across a global stakeholder and supplier landscape, this role ensures consistent execution of the Category Management framework, adoption of preferred buying channels, and delivery of measurable, Finance-validated value.

Categories of spend in scope include Real Estate and Facilities, Human Resources and Consulting.

What you will do

• Lead a category initiative team to deliver year over year value and set savings targets (cost reductions, cost avoidance, and/or revenue opportunities) in alignment with Finance validated baselines and auditable governance.
• Curate and maintain Category Cards, preferred supplier routes, and Buying Channel rules by partnering with Systems & Analytics teams for updates, guided buying configurations, dashboards, and global adoption mechanisms.
• Prioritize initiatives within the category pipeline, ensuring accuracy of baselines, milestone tracking, and variance commentary, ensuring clarity for dashboards and reviews.
• Guide team members through opportunity assessment, RFx preparation, negotiation support, and supplier evaluation.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business partners, providing guidance on channel selection, specification choices, negotiation preparation, and savings definitions.
• Translate complex market dynamics, internal requirements, and supplier insights into clear, value focused recommendations.
• Conceive new and pursue supplier led innovation opportunities (e.g., process redesign and automation, alternative specifications, sustainability solutions) to improve cost, quality, resilience, and speed.
• Synthesize market data and benchmarks (e.g. indices, should-cost models, vendor peer comparisons, external insights, total cost of ownership (TCO) insights) to support robust business cases and sourcing strategies.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance category execution and promote the adoption of AI enabled workflows within the category squad and cross functional partners.
• Coordinate sourcing, negotiation, contracting, and initiative execution activities with regional teams in the US, Japan, Ireland, India, and other markets.
• Align category initiatives with organizational priorities, stakeholder needs, procurement policy, and risk/compliance requirements.

What you will bring

• 7-10 years of experience in procurement, category management, sourcing, or supplier management.
• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, finance, operations, economics, or a related field. MBA or advanced degrees are beneficial.
• Demonstrated experience influencing stakeholders, guiding sourcing decisions, and delivering measurable value.
• Experience synthesizing benchmarks, supplier data, and market intelligence into sourcing strategies.
• Exposure to and familiarity with procurement technologies (e.g., sourcing platforms, CLM systems) and AI enabled sourcing tools.
• Professional certifications preferred (e.g. MCIPS, CPSM, CPM).

What We Offer You

• Health Insurance: PGIM Ireland partner with Laya and BUPA to provide health insurance schemes that cover eligible employees day to day medical and hospital expenses.
• Annual Leave of 23 days at full pay.
• Pension Scheme: Members of the scheme can contribute up to 8% of salary per annum and PGIM Ireland matches contributions up to 8% of salary. Members can also make voluntary contributions to the scheme.
• Annual Bonus Programme & Shop LK Vouchers / CleverCards (subject to eligibility): Along with an annual bonus employees are rewarded with Shop LK Vouchers/ CleverCards which are paid tax free.
• Life Assurance: fully paid by PGIM Ireland, employees are covered from their start date and beneficiaries are provided with a lump sum of four times an employee's salary.
• Education Assistance: PGIM Ireland have an Education Assistance Programme that reimburses eligible employees for furthering their education.

PGIM Ireland is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of applicants' gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the traveller community. PGIM Ireland's aim is to hire the best people for the open roles, and all appointments will be made on merit.

Any offer of employment made by PGIM Ireland will be contingent on receiving satisfactory references. Applicants should be aware that background checks will be carried out on all candidates offered a position within PGIM Ireland.

PGIM Ireland has been awarded the IBEC Keep Well Accreditation Mark, this is in recognition of our commitment to making our employees wellbeing a priority.

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PGIM Ireland is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of applicants' gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the traveler community. PGIM Ireland's aim is to hire the best people for the open roles and all appointments will be made on merit.

Any offer of employment made by PGIM Ireland will be contingent on receiving satisfactory references. Applicants should be aware that background checks will be carried out on all candidates offered a position within PGIM Ireland.

PGIM Ireland has been awarded the IBEC Keep Well Accreditation Mark, this is in recognition of our commitment to making our employees wellbeing a priority.

Client-provided location(s): Letterkenny, Ireland

Job ID: Prudential-R-123477

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-02-19T18:42:41